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Letters Patent No. 93,935, dated August 17, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED METALLIC BASE FOR GLASS ANZI)A OTHER VESSELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known thatV I, GEORGE C. WHITE, Jr., of the city of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings, and State of New York, have iuventedv'a new anduseful Improvement in Metallic Bases to Glass and other Vessels, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompal nying drawing, forming part ot' ,thisspecication, and which represents a glass sugar-sprinkler for table-use,having my improvement applied to it.

My improvement is designed to be applied to vessels madeof glass orother fragile material, of various kinds and shape, such as, forinstance,l sugar, salt, pepper, and other sprinklers for table-use,soda-water and other tumblers, lager-beer glasses, decanters, and,

bottles or vessels, large or small, of diii'ereut kinds, which, in theirhandling o'r use, are liable to chip or fracture at their bases bybeingfsuddenly or heavily1 brought down on the table, counter', or standon which they are designed to be used, as, for-instance, on surfacescomposed of marble or other hard material. Metallic or protecting bases,as previously applied to such vessels, have been made in one piece, andof a recessed form, to receive freely within theml the bases or bottomsof said vessels, that thus seated have been permanently secured withinthe metallic bases by cement interposed between the latter and thebottoms or lower edges ofthe vessel.

Such metallic bases are often not only unsightly by reason of the openVor gaping character of the cement-joint just referred to, and liable toget loose or become detached by the immersion of them in hot water, incleaning the vessels, and from other causes, but (and which is a moreimportant feature,) dol not, in many instances,abrd that full and4complete pro tection which is mainly their object to secure. This isdue. to the inflexible character of such bases, that being in one piece,and secured as described, for'm, as tvwere, a solid or integral portionof the vessel itself, and communicate in too direct a manner, when beingY brought suddenly or heavily down, shock upon the glass.

To obviate this and other objections is the' object of my invention,which consists in a sectional construction of the metallic base byibrming it ot' inner and outer' ring-like pieces,`the one fitting onVtoA` or round the lower' portion-of the vessel to be protected,A whilethe other or outside piece, that constitutes the base proper, screws onover-the former piece, so that not only may said base be removed whenrequired, but shock is broken in being communicated to the glass, by theyielding character of the screw-threads that may be itted loose, andwhereby provision is made for inserting 'or renewing at pleasure anIndia-rubber' or other soft o1' elastic packing between the outsidepiece or base proper and bottom of the vessel or inner metallic sectionsecured to or carried by the vessel, which packingmateriall y aids inneutralizing tbe-eiicct of percussion on the glass in bringing thevessel suddenly or heavily down on a hard surface. A metallic base, too,thus constructed, may be made to ornament or improve the appearance ofthe vvessel and add to its stability; also, in case of thevessel towhich it is applied being fractured, may be readily itted to another. y

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents a sugar-sprinkler orvessel for tableuse, made of' glass or other fragile material .v

'This vessel having no handle to interfere with the folloning mode offitting on the metallic base, and being of an increasing size ordiameter in a downwardly direction, the. inner section B, of said base,may be made inv one piece, of annular form, and be fitted ou to theiessel by slipping it over .the same, from the top thereoftand so'thatbeing made of a tapering character on its interior, it will r'it snuglyaround the bottom of the vessel.

Thissection B has a screw-thread, a, cut around its eXterior,' on towhich is screwed from below an outer section, C, that forms the basevvproper', and which, before putting it on, has inserted Within it auIndiarubber ring', l), that on the sections B and C being united, asdescribed, forms a soft and elastic packing between said outer sectionand bottom of the vessel, thatreduces shock or prevents injury to thescrewthreads, which break communication-between the base proper andportionof the metallic base carried by the vessel, and that materiallyand importantly serves to lessen shock generally` on the vessel, onbringingv the latter suddenly or heavily down on a hard surface.

In applying such sectional metallic base to vessels -of different shapeor configuration, as, forinstance, vessels with a handle, or'vesselshaving straight bodies, or bodies ot' a diminishing taper iu a downwarddirection, either throughout their length or at their base, then theinner section B, which may either be made whole or in pieces, must hefitted to its place by lateral adjustment, or from below, as by screwingit on to a thread out, on .the glass, cemcnting it to the vessel, orotherwise securing it, after which the outer section C, having therubber or' other' suitable vpackingwithin it, is screwed on tothe innersection, as before.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is' yl. A metallic base to glass and other fragile vessels, 4made insections, the one of which is fitted on to or around the vessel, at ornear its bottom, while the outer section C of the metallic base, and theinner section B, lit-ted to surround the lowerportion of the vessel, andhaving a, screw-thread, a, upon its exterior, to-receivc on or over itthe outer section, all for operation in connection with'the vbottom ofthe vesse1,a.nd to more vei'ectually protect the same, and to preventJamming or injury of the screw-thread, a, essentially :is herein setforth.

c, c. WHITE, JR.

Witnesses JoHN D. RossE'r,

HENRY PALMER.

